The kanji 鍛: meaning, readings and stroke order

鍛

Meaning: forge, train
On reading: タン tan
Kun reading: きた（える） kitaeru
Strokes: 17
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: rèn, rèn luyện (đoán)
Japanese: きたえる。
Korean: 벼리다, 단련하다 (단)
Chinese: 锻造、锻炼 (锻)

Readings, words and example sentences

タン tan · on reading · less common

鍛たん錬れん
training, discipline
心身を 鍛たん錬れんします。
He trains both body and mind.

きた（える） kitaeru · kun reading

鍛きたえる
to train, to make stronger
毎日走って体を 鍛きたえます。
I run every day to make my body stronger.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.